Should I start Trevor Lawrence or Kenny Gainwell in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trevor Lawrence, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenny Gainwell, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Trevor Lawrence is 19.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 2 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kenny Gainwell is 6.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 market sources. That is 40 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Trevor Lawrence's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Trevor Lawrence has been on the field for 97 percent of JAX snaps, dropped back 200 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 200 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 4 against CIN he completed 18 of 23 passes for 227 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he completed 24 of 39 passes for 331 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he completed 24 of 41 passes for 306 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

Through Week 7, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 35 percent of TB snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 2.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 4 times for 18 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he carried 2 times for 17 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CAR he carried 14 times for 88 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Trevor Lawrence played 17 games and scored 350.2 PPR points, 20.6 a game, finishing QB4.

He threw for 4007 yards on 560 attempts with 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran for 359 yards and 9 touchdowns.

That came to 32.9 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Trevor Lawrence scored 20.6 PPR points a game and Kenny Gainwell 13.1, 7.5 a game between them.

Trevor Lawrence finished QB4 and Kenny Gainwell RB16, which are two different ladders.

Trevor Lawrence is a quarterback and Kenny Gainwell a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Trevor Lawrence is off in Week 7 and Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kenny Gainwell is listed as questionable on the injury report.